Boot or shoe creaser



(No Model.) Y

R. RGORDON & G- T. DAVIS.

BOOT 0R SHOE CREASBR.

Patented Jan. 10, 1893.

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STATES PATENT Gr mes.

REUEL F. GORDON AND GREENFIELD T. DAVIS, OF AUBURN, MAINE.

BOOT OR SHOE CREASER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,630, dated January10, 1893.

Application filed November 3, 1892. Serial No. 450,806. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, REUEL F. GORDON and GREENFIELD T. DAVIS, citizensof the United States, residing at Auburn, in the county of Androscogginand State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBoot or Shoe Creasers, of which the following is a specification.

It has been for some time a custom among shoe manufacturers and dealersto give certain kinds of shoes a more attractive appearance by making aseries of parallel creases across the vamp.

The object of our invention is, to provide a device with which thiscreasing can be done more rapidly and with less fatigue than those nowin use. The essential feature of such devices is a partial last which iscreased upon its upper surface and which is pressed against the innersurface of the vamp, while a piece connected by a joint re-acts againstthe sole.

Our invention consists, primarily in providing a rigid support,attaching thereto the piece to which the movable last is jointed andcombining therewith a piece which is capable of being moved intoposition to support the sole of the shoe.

Our invention further comprises the combination with the supportingstandard of a treadle or lever and pieces which transmit motion fromthis treadle or lever to the movable support for the sole and to themovable last.

Our invention further comprises various details hereinafter fully setforth.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1, is an elevation, Fig. 2, is avertical section of the upper part of the standard, Fig. 3, is a planview of the horizontal arm, which carries the movable support for thesole of the shoe, Fig. 4, shows the guide and catch for the treadle,Fig. 5, shows the support attached directly to a swinging arm.

In these figures A is the supporting standard, T is a treadle by whichthe device is 0perated, G a guide and C a catch for the treadle, R aconnecting rod, N a connecting spring, S a swinging arm, P a support forthe shoe sole which is moved upward by the swinging arm, S, actingthrough the connecting rod, M, II a support for the heel, t a yieldingelastic connection between H and P.

-L is the grooved last over which the shoe is slipped.

W is the supporting piece for L which presses against the sole when L islifted upward, it is rigidly attached to a collar, 0, on the standard A.V, a spring which reacts between VV and L.

w is a guide wheel for the chain K which connects the handle of the lastL to the spring, N (2) which is attached to the connecting rod R.

X is an arm to which the swinging arm S and its connections areattached.

In making use of our invention we slip the shoe over the last L, we thenpress down the treadle T, this through the rod R springs N, and swingingarm S moves the felt padded supporting piece P against the sole of theshoe which is thereby clamped firmly between P and W. The yieldingconnection If permits the heel supporter H to adjust itself to differentthicknesses of heel. Meanwhile the downward movement of the rod R hasstretched the spring N (2) which through the chain K has lifted theouter end of the last L enough to draw the vamp of the boot or shoetightly over it. If the treadle T is now slipped under the catch 0, theshoe will remain clamped as long as desired. The creasing may now bedone in the usual manner by pressing and rubbing the leather into thegrooves of the last L. Upon releasing the treadle or lever T, the partsall return to the position shown in the drawings. The shoe is nowremoved and another substituted.

In Fig. 1, the machine is shown as arranged for a treadle, when it isdesired to use it upon a table or a counter the standard A is shortenedand T is pressed down by the left hand of the workman.

Fig. 1, shows the construction which we pre fer, but where it is desiredto reduce the size, weight and cost, as much as possible, we attach themovable support P directly to the swinging arm S, as shown in Fig. 5.

It is obvious that the mode of connection and direction of motion of P,S, and It may be greatly varied since the only limiting condition isthat the pressure pads, P and H, shall be brought into firm contact withthe sole and heel of the shoe.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with each other and with a vertically movable creasinglast, a standard, a piece rigidly attached thereto which is adapted toenter a shoe and press against the sole, a movable support which ispressed against the outside of the sole, a treadle or lever and means ofconnection which transmit pressure from the treadle or lever to the solthrough the movable support.

2. The combination of a standard, a vertically movable creasing last, amovable support for the sole of the shoe, a treadle or lever, means forsimultaneously transmitting motion from the treadle or lever to themovable last and movable support, and a piece rigidly attached to thestandard which is adapted to enter a shoe and press against the sole.

3. The combination of a lever or treadle, a movable support for the soleof the shoe, an elastic connection between the treadle or lever and thesupport, a vertically movable creasing last, an elastic connectionbetween the lever or treadle and the last, and a rigid piece whichpresses against the under side of the sole. A lever or treadleelastically connected with the movable support and with the movablecreasing last, and a catch capable of holding the lever or treadle inplace when pressed downward.

5. In a boot or shoe creaser the combina tion with a vertically movablecreasing last, of a rigidly supported piece which is adapted in shape toenter a shoe and press upon the sole, a movable support which can bepressed against the under side of the sole, means of. transmittingpressure to this support, a second movable'support which can be pressedagainst the heel and an elastic connection which transmits pressure fromthe first to the second of these supports; all as set forth.

REUEL F. GORDON. GREENFIELD T. DAVIS.

WVitnesses:

LAVATOR O. MORSE, A. A. ROWELL.

